The 60 greatest old-time radio shows of the 20th century [sound recording] in SearchWorks catalog (2024)

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Contributor

Cronkite, Walter.

Contents

• Tape 1. Walter Cronkite audio foreword
• Mercury Theater on the Air. War of the worlds [1938-10-30]
• Abbott and Costello Show. Who's on first? [1945-04-17]
• Tape 2. Adventures of Philip Marlowe. Red wind [1947-06-17]
• Chase & Sanborn Hour [1938-10-30]
• Tape 3. Six Shooter. Britt Ponset's Christmas carol [1953-12-20]
• Baby Snooks Show. Report card blues [1951-05-01]
• Escape. Leinengen vs. the ants [1948-01-14]
• Tape 4. Fibber McGee and Molly. I can get it for you wholesale [1941-12-09]
• On a Note of Triumph [1945-05-13] / with Martin Gabel-- Tape 5. CBS Radio Workshop. Brave new world [1956-01-27]
• Burns & Allen [1948-01-08] / with Jack Benny
• Tape 6. Jack Benny Program [1952-03-02]
• Lux Radio Theatre. The Jazz singer [1947-06-02]
• Tape 7. Suspense. Sorry, wrong numnber [1943-08-21]
• Grand Central Station. Miracle for Christmas [1949-12-24]
• Philco Radio Time. The road to Hollywood [1947-01-29]
• Tape 8. Saint. The corpse said ouch [1950-08-06]
• Have Gun, Will Travel. From here to Boston [1960-11-27]
• Vic and Sade. Muted silver moonbeam chimes [1944-09-06]
• Lum and Abner. Christmas show [1948-12-19]
• Tape 9. We Hold These Truths [1941-12-15] / with James Stewart
• Arthur Godfrey Time [1953-10-21]-- Walter Winchell Show [1949-03-27]
• Tape 10. X-Minus One. Nightfall [1955-12-07]
• Adventures of Superman. Origin retold [1945-09-25]
• Mercury Summer Theater. The Hitchhiker [1946-06-21]
• Big Town. Death rides the highway [1940]
• Tape 11. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. The Todd matter [1956]
• Tape 12. Columbia Presents Corwin. The undecided molecule [1945-07-17]
• Dimension X. The martian chronicles [1950-08-18]
• Eddie Cantor Show [1946-06-09]
• Tape 13. Escape. Three skeleton key [1950-03-17]
• Chase and Sanborn Hour [1937-12-12] / with Mae West
• Tape 14. Cavalcade of America [1941-09-22-29]
• Fred Allen Show [1946-05-26] / with Jack Benny
• Tape 15. Lights Out. Cat wife [1938-04-06]
• Jack Benny Program. Money or your life [03-28-48]
• Tape 16. Command Performance. Dick Tracy in B-flat [1945-02-15]
• Columbia Presents Corwin. Fourteen August [1945-08-14]
• Dragnet. Rifle for Christmas [1949-12-22]
• Tape 17. Shadow. White god [1938]
• Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. The death bed caper [1948-06-20]
• Bickersons [1947-03-16]
• Tape 18. Inner Sanctum Mysteries. The shadow of death [1945-10-02]
• Great Gildersleeve. McGee's Christmas gifts [1941-12-21]
• I love Lucy [1952-02-26]
• Tape 19. Arch Oboler's Plays. Johnny got his gun [1940-03-09]
• Suspense. Backseat driver [1949-02-03]
• Lone Ranger. Origin show [1948-06-30]
• Tape 20. Gunsmoke. The photographer [1956-05-06]
• Let's Pretend. Mell-A-Lot [1947-08-23]
• Bold Venture. Deadly merchandise [1950s]
• Quiet, Please. The thing on the fourble board [1948-08-09].

Summary

Sixty of the greatest radio shows of the 20th century selected by Walter Cronkite. Performers include Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, James Stewart, Fanny Brice, William Conrad, Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Arthur Godfrey, Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Groucho Marx, Eddie Cantor, Ray Bradbury, Vincent Price, Burgess Meredith, Fred Allen, Boris Karloff, Frank Sinatra, Jack Webb, Don Ameche, Agnes Moorehead, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Subjects

Radio plays > United States.

Radio programs > United States.

Genre

Radio programs

Publication date

1999

Title variation

Title on cassettes: Greatest shows of the 20th century

60 greatest old time radio shows

Sixty greatest old-time radio shows

Note

Title from cover of clamshell container.

Note

Stanford Auxiliary Library, SAL3: lacks container and booklet.

ISBN

157019243X

9781570192432